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A. LEIGHTHEISER.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 28,494. Patented May 29, 1860.

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A. LEIGHTHEISER, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 28,494, dated May 29, 1860.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, A. LEIGHTHEISER, of the city of Reading, county ofBerks, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ilashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, making a part of this specification, in which the figure is aperspective view thereof.

The nature of my invention consists in having an ordinary tub A, whichis furnished with a brace B, across the'center and is secured into thelugs of the tub by means of small pins C, C.

D is a vertical shaft which has its bearings in the brace B, and in asmall step in the bottom of the tub A and is furnished with a wheel Ewhich has curved arms and is rigidly secured thereto close to the innerbottom of tub A.

E is a hand crank which ts loosely on the shaft D and is furnished witha small feather which slides in a suitable slot in shaft D and will riseand descend as necessity requires.

Gr is a square hollow shaft which slides over shaft D and is furnishedwith a hand crank H at the top end which is firmly secured thereto.

J is a center piece which is rigidly secured to the square shaft Gr, andis furnished with semicircular lids K, K, which are attached thereto bymeans of hinges L.

M are turn latches fastened to the center piece J by which means thesemicircular lids K, K, are kept down in proper place during operation.

O, O, are nobs secured into the lids K, K, by which means the lids maybe readily opened and closed. The under surface of the semicircular lidsK, K, and the center piece J are furnished with curved ribs or arms P Pwhich are cut through at the hinged joints and are curved toward theperiphery thereof and the arms of wheel E are curved toward the centerin an opposite direction which works the clothes to and from the centerwhile being oscilated by the operation of the machine.

The tub A being partly filled with water and the clothes put therein,the semicircular lids K, K, are closed down and held firmly by the turnlatches M; the cranks F and H are operated to and from each other'in anopposite direction by which means the clothes are washed completely. Thebrace B and the rubber wheels may be readily removed, and the tub usedfor other purposes which makes it a very useful and cheap machine.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The use of two rubber disks, with radially curved arms, constructedas described.

2. Center piece J, furnished with hinged semicircular lids, turn-latchesM, radially curved rubbers E, K, braceB, and hand cranks F, H; the wholearranged and combined for the purposes as set forth.

A. LEIGHTHEISER.

lVitnesses:

Gr. S. KINsEY, GEORGE PRINTZ.

